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SwordSearcher 8.1 is now available!

This is always one of my favorite things to do every new year: announce a new SwordSearcher release! Version 8.1 is now available and brings several enhancements and some new library content.

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What's New in SwordSearcher 8.1

New Modules:

• J. C. Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels (4 vol. commentary) [RyleETG]
• Ellicott's Bible Commentary for English Readers (8 vol. commentary edited by Charles J. Ellicott) [Ellicott]
• Through the Bible Day by Day (7 vol. devotional commentary by F. B. Meyer) [MeyerTTB]

Improvements:

• By popular request, library tabs no longer change position to force the active tab to appear on the bottom row of tabs. (This is optional in preferences.)
• New StudyClick function: Ctrl-Clicking a module link (like from the Bible margin) loads the module entry in a clone panel instead of the main library panels.
• Added full support for Windows "High Contrast" mode:
  • The optional High Contrast setting in Windows 8 and 10 is an easy system-wide toggle (left Alt + left Shift + PrintScreen) that changes the way applications appear when you need to have less color or a black background. It's a good option for those late nights when your monitor is shining too brightly in your eyes. SwordSearcher now supports this display mode 100%! Please see Microsoft's documentation on High Contrast Mode for more details on using this accessibility mode in Windows.
• Added "+/-" buttons to Commentary and Book panels that appear when there are match highlights in the text, from Verse Guide, Topic Guide, and Library Searches.
• The following have been updated with corrections:
  • TSK and KJV-TSK
  • Web1913 (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1913)
  • ISBE (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
    • Rebuilt from a new source text incorporating thousands of corrections and formatting improvements.
    • Some missing entries have been restored.
    • Greek and Hebrew text from the original work is now included.
    • Significant improvements to verse linking.
  • KJVSL
  • SGreek and SHebrew dictionaries
  • SRV, SRVSL updated to Jan 2017 text.
  • TR
  • WH
• Added search results Verse List right-click popup menu copy option: Copy selected text including highlighting. Use this when you want to include the bold/background formatting of the matches in the text.
• Editor font list most-recently-used persists between editor loads in the same SwordSearcher session.
• Various enhancements to the following SwordSearcher features and tools:
  • Verse reference recognition.
  • Scan Text for Verse References tool.
  • Printer Page Setup (File menu).
  • High-DPI and Multi-DPI support improvements.
  • Bible Search Result Information and Statistics window.
  • Main search bar.
  • Bookmark system.
  • Forward/Back navigation handling.
  • Clone panel scroll position.
• Many additional optimizations and bug fixes. More details can be read here.

If you are using a version older than 8.0, be sure to watch the video that shows what's new in SwordSearcher 8.

Current users click here for upgrade info.
Not yet a SwordSearcher user? Order here.